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These comments specifically refer to sites 44 and 178 (the Priests Lane sites): It seems to me that although the Priests Lane sites were one of the ones receiving the most objections in the previous consultation round, there is no technical reference whatsoever to address the comments made, other than to marginally reduce the number of proposed houses. For the reasons listed below, any increase in the already heavy traffic using Priests Lane can only be detrimental to the people who live in the area and need to use the Lane as a route to school/work. It has been noted that the Sustainability Appraisal specifically states that the conclusions reached have been done so without reference to many reports which have yet to be concluded, such as the site-specific policy and, more importantly, that many issues and impacts, specifically traffic, have not been assessed as they were outside the scope. This seems ridiculous particularly in an area which is already at breaking point due to the level of traffic using the road at peak times and where the junction at the top of the road is known to be operating at peak capacity. Almost every weekday by 8:20am there is a queue of traffic past my house. This makes going anywhere very difficult and at the end of the day the junction with Middleton Hall Lane is becoming increasingly more complex to navigate so that I avoid driving anywhere along the lane at peak times. It is so busy and what I would consider - dangerous. There are cars everywhere and they are often at a standstill. The cars being at this standstill creates more air pollution which we must breathe, and this carbon monoxide can lead to many different diseases. The proposed development will only add to this traffic pollution, noise and stress. I live at (x address), which is opposite a potential site access and this to me is absurd. I cannot even see how the traffic would cope - the whole lane would be at a standstill and outside my house would be constantly busy and loud. Even pulling off our own drive would become a safety hazard and more difficult than it ever should be as it is on a blind corner and difficult to see. There is only pavement down one side of the lane at areas down the road. When I walk along the lane I must cross over at busy times so I can walk on a pavement and this too is very dangerous. At less busy times traffic travels down the lane in excess of the speed limit which is again very dangerous particularly as the lane is very narrow in places. The Sustainability Appraisal states that it is important to protect and establish a 'rich connected green infrastructure across the borough and reaching beyond.' I fail to see how building on a site which is currently a protected open urban area will establish the green infrastructure to which the sustainability appraisal aspires. The site is a lovely green space with beautiful animals and birds, such as deer and badgers. I therefore object to the proposed building on this site for the following reasons: The road is already full of traffic at peak times and is dangerous due to speeding traffic at other times and cannot handle additional cars; The road is narrow and does not have pavement on both sides making walking down the road and pulling out of the driveways dangerous; More cars will make more air pollution which is not healthy for us to breathe; There will be a loss of open space near a town centre where it is needed most; The proposed building does not appear to be in keeping with the other properties on the road so will not be visibly in accordance with the neighbourhood; One of the potential access points is in a very dangerous place with no real sight lines in both directions, possibly causing an accident hotspot as at non-peak times traffic way exceeds to 30mph limit.